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The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid (1847)
- mturmon 11y agoDon't miss proposition 47 (XLVII), the Pythagorean theorem.
- Syssiphus 11y agoI have the Taschen Books version. Super beautiful book.
- jacobolus 11y agoByrne’s book is lovely and wonderful, I highly recommend the modern reprint: http://amzn.com/3836544717 http://amzn.com/3836544717 But it only covers the first part of Euclid’s Elements, and even in the first 6 books the original text and drawings can also be helpful. I recommend this Green Lion Press edition to anyone looking to study from Euclid – http://amzn.com/1888009187 http://amzn.com/1888009187 – which is an amazingly well printed and constructed book, an incredible bargain for the price.
- em3rgent0rdr 11y agoCommunicates effectively by incorporating the actual physical shapes and lines within the text in different colors, rather than assigning letters to each element.